workspace, folder, document, web link (or URL), relational database, discussion, meeting or other object built into the Business Collaborator system.

The entity that a variable names. In general, an object is a region of storage within a program executable. For example: fgw::playpen canvas; declares that canvas is a variable that refers to an object of type fgw::playpen.

An object is either a constant or a variable. An object contains a value. An object is created by an object_declaration or by an allocator. A formal parameter is (a view of) an object. A subcomponent of an object is an object. (25)

An object contains a value. A program creates an object either by elaborating an object declaration or by evaluating an allocator. The declaration or allocator specifies a type for the object: the object can only contain values of that type.

constant or variable of a specified type.

In an analytic workspace, a distinct item in the workspace dictionary. Analytic workspaces consist of one or more objects, such as variables, formulas, dimensions, relations, and programs, which are used to organize, store, and retrieve data. Each object is created with a particular object type and stores a particular type of information. Objects that are the same type (for example, three variables) can have different roles within the analytic workspace. See also role.